Can the port command take advantage of multiple cores?

[Vincent Lefevre]

On 2008-02-02 17:45:35 -0600, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
> Not exactly. Not all software supports parallel building. Each port must 
> be tested to ensure that it works. As ports are tested,  
> "use_parallel_build yes" is added to the portfile. Then MacPorts will  
> build those ports using -j$jobs (where $jobs is the number of CPU cores 
> in your computer). This was added for MacPorts 1.6.

Is there any reason why this option isn't documented in the
portfile(7) man page?

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